Modern Hospitals and the Power of Compassion Across Eras
The passage traces hospital evolution from early Christian care to antiseptic modernity, praising nurses and benefactors, citing London Hospital Sunday giving 400000 dollars and a Whitechapel ward serving 6000000 patients. It contrasts religious duty with secular science and notes a Chicago woman’s fasting experiment and calls for agricultural fasting research.
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London
Whitechapel
Great
London Hospital
Judea
Fresh Eggs and Prices Echo Public Beliefs in Boston
Secretary Wilson is challenged by a Boston reformer who argues the public can judge freshness by price and by asking grocers. The piece notes the grocer’s role, the 41 cent egg basket as a test, and contrasts with views on work hours and five dollars a day. It also mocks gun tech and a revived debate on the earth’s shape in the New York Sun.
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Wilson
Boston
New York Sun
Norwegian man faces limits without documents says report
A fragment notes in Norway a man is not allowed to be unless he can produce documents or scar evidence that he has accepted conditions, labeling the country as poor.
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Norway
Week of events: Congress, riots, and disasters loom
A roundup of national happenings includes the Banking and Currency Committee tabling the Aldrich bill, Vreeland hearing set, the Senate’s three-judge injunction standard, and new federal appointments. Other items span battleships, labor unrest, a church scandal, a confident wave of crimes, disasters, and notable legal decisions.
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Congress
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Aldrich Financial
Vreeland
New York
Senate
John S. Leech
Illinois
Charles A. Stilings
House
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mall
Montana
Notable 1900s Murders and Global Tensions Reported
Reports detail multiple killings including John and William Frank shot by city patrolmen in Columbus and F C Hawes killing two night watchmen in Warrensburg before dying in a porter’s defense. Manhattan Kan principal Hutton robbed and maimed. Italian squadron eyes Turkish waters. US battleships in Los Angeles harbors. A Chicago reformer’s daughter Jessie Call dies by suicide. Grant’s birthday observed with Taft Carnegie Shaw speaking. Fire at Ludlowville logs valued at 150000. Grace Meigs tops Chicago intern exams. A circus elephant stampede in Riverside fatally injures a girl and injures others. Rull and accomplices convicted for plotting to assassinate King Alfonso.
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John
William JD. Frank
R. O. Frank
Columbus
Heinz and
Casey
Warrensburg
F. C. Hawes
James Ryan
Kasbahn
R. P. Pollock
W. W. Hutton
Manhattan
Kan
Los Angeles
Jessie Llewellyn Call
Guy
Llewellyn
Kansas
Chicago
U.S. Grant
New York
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Leslie M. Shaw
Metropolitan Temple
International Salt Company
Ludlowville
N. Y
Delaware
George Gray
Grace Meigs
Riverside
Cal
Ella Gibbs
Jean Rull
King Alfonso
Rull
Rob Thethers
Living room design guides harmony and lighting choices
A guidance piece on creating a livable living room with harmonious colors and durable materials. It argues against roses wallpaper and favors mabastined walls and white or warm light colors to maximize lighting efficiency and maintain timeless decor.
Losing a Tenant in the Highlands Farm Tale
A Highland landlord and a crofter tenant endure four years of rent changes. Initially ten shillings a year, then five, then zero with the tenant staying rent free. In the fourth year the tenant threatens to move unless a barn is built, prompting the landlord to respond.
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Highlands of
Scotland
Home Remedy for Spring Fever Promises Blood Purge
A German American specialist recommends a blood cleansing mix to combat spring fever. He advises a bottle containing half an ounce fluid extract buchu, one ounce compound fluid balm wort, and two ounces compound syrup sarsaparilla. Take a teaspoon after meals and at night.
Sympathy for a public officer's wife weighs on family life
Mrs Upmore says being married to a public office holder is serious and time consuming. An elderly domestic recalls her first husband, a grand imperial outside guard of a quirky order, often too busy to talk.
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Verena
Mrs. Upmore
Call of the Soil Draws Men Back To Farms Across Canada
A southern newspaper columnist argues that successful leaders began on farms and warns of the lure of city life. He highlights Canada’s free 160 acre homestead grants near railways with $10 to $15 per acre land in Western regions and says Canadian agents in the U S will provide details on rates and districts.
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Lfe
United States
Canada
Government of
German Immigrant’s Cheesy Room Cure Myth
Henry Grimm recalls a German friend near death who improves after the doctor allows any food. The wife feeds Limburger cheese to satisfy his cravings and places cheese in every room, prompting the doctor to ask the next morning when the man died.
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Henry Grimm
Hartford Post
Scotsman and the cheese at breakfast
A Scotsman hired by a farmer faces a massive cheese at breakfast. After a pause the farmer notes the long time, and the worker replies that such a cheese cannot be eaten quickly, explaining its surprising size and his cautious pace.
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Sandy
Bobby the minister's son on Heaven as final moving
An eight year old boy, son of a minister, describes Heaven as the last place they will move to after having moved four times. An elder minister asked him about the abode of the blast and he replied with weary certainty that Heaven is the final destination.
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Bobby
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Ad Claims and Rewards
A garbled 19th century style advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for cure of catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Vitality Flute. Mentions F Cheney Co Toledo and several dubious testimonials about trustworthiness and earnings.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Kinvan
Manvin
Ad Ditage
Vatanly
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Committee On
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Ind
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Eliza Hodge
Janesville
Wis
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Sing Sing
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Supreme Court
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Kokomo
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National Educational Association
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
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Department of Church and Labor
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Jamaica
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Thomas Moore
Dodds
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Lydia EF. Pinkham
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